Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 29 > Article 22B > Part 8 - Approval of Video Lottery

• Aggrieved person: includes any person who:

  (1) Claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice. See West Virginia Code 5-11A-3

• Commission: means the West Virginia Human Rights Commission. See West Virginia Code 5-11A-3
• Complainant: means the person, including the commission, who files a complaint under section eleven of this article. See West Virginia Code 5-11A-3
• Conciliation: means the attempted resolution of issues raised by a complaint or by the investigation of the complaint through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the respondent and the commission. See West Virginia Code 5-11A-3
• Conciliation agreement: means a written agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation. See West Virginia Code 5-11A-3
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Discriminatory housing practice: means an act that is unlawful under section five, six, seven or nineteen of this article. See West Virginia Code 5-11A-3
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Person: includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in cases under Title 11 of the United States Code, receivers and fiduciaries. See West Virginia Code 5-11A-3
• Respondent: means :

  (1) The person or other entity accused in a complaint of an unfair housing practice. See West Virginia Code 5-11A-3

• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.